//
// this was copied and modified from http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_ajax_intro.asp
//

var xmlhttp;
var projName

function showProj(str) 
{
projName=str;
if (str.length==0) {
    document.getElementById("projDesc").innerHTML="";
    return;
  }

xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP!");
  return;
  }
var url="getProj.php";
url=url+"?proj="+str;
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function stateChanged()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
      document.getElementById("projDesc").innerHTML= "<br/><table width=75% border=1 align=center><tr><td>"
          + "<h4 align=center>" + projName + "</h4>" + xmlhttp.responseText + "</td></tr></table>";
  }
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  // code for IE6, IE5
  return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
return null;
}